<div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0;margin-left:0.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">The fact that you submit bug reports and do not follow up / patch them yourself<br>shows a severe disinterest in *really* helping ubuntu and (like most
<br>new devel's in all projects) just want to focus on the hot-dog stuff.</blockquote><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>I do follow up - in fact, I've often posted additional info on my bug reports as to the origin of the issue/suggestions as to what could be done. I may not have the solution to everything, but that doesn't mean that I'm just being lazy or "just focusing on the hot-dog stuff". Maybe it means that for you, but I've submitted bugs/ideas to other projects (including *Debian*, of all distributions) and have received plenty of response.
</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0;margin-left:0.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>2) RTFM. Please. Coming onto the mailing list and asking for manual<br>locations makes me want to knife myself. Yes it could be clearer, but
<br>you are not asking for help or clarifying a point, your just being<br>lazy.</blockquote><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>I'm not asking for something trivial - I'm asking how to provide input/ideas regarding key components of the system. It's perfectly clear how to do MOTU/Bug Squad/etc - it's NOT clear how to go about suggesting changes to the main desktop setup. I've looked countless times on Launchpad and have remained stumped - "RTFM" really doesn't help one bit.
</div><div> </div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0;margin-left:0.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">3) Before you start working on MAJOR new features, why not help fix<br>bugs and other common problems first? Wouldn't these be more benficial
<br>and a better learning process than "Making the default system look<br>better"?. BTW the way it renders fonts is entirely appropriate: Most<br>people get used to MS's crappy way of sub-sampling fonts to make them
<br>look sharper.</blockquote><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>In many of the cases I've discussed, I'm not necessarily talking about coding a major new project from scratch - I'm talking about integrating already existing code into the system, investigating changes in default settings, etc. Yes, I certainly would work on the smaller bugs/issues as well - and I already know where to go for that (Bug Squad, MOTU, etc etc). However, it's unclear where to go with basic desktop issues/ideas, other than to file a bug in Launchpad, provide all the info you can, and wait.
</div><div><br> </div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Do any Ubuntu developers care to comment? I'd like to contribute, but I'm beginning to feel like I can't do so in any meaningful way outside the "universe" and Launchpad bug reports (which, even when I provide extensive info and narrow the problem to something fairly specific, don't tend to get much response).
</div><div><br> </div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Tim</div><div> </div><br> </div><br>